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. the spaces vbetween fthe teeth. Snchfcombs "have little, if any, cleansing action upon the JULIUS IBIIDERJMIAIT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed March 12, 1921.

scribed :and represented in the following' specification and the accompanying drawwing. forming a part ofthe same.

'i This invention relates to combs, and has Vfor an object .to lprovide a combwhich will cleanseithehair-through which it is passed.

f 2 'Otherobjects of the invention and Auses of the new comb kare hereinafter described.

fn'hair combs heretofore made, it'has been `customary to space the fteeth a considerable distance apart fand tofavoid sharprv angles in hair.

According tothe present invention theA comb is constructed. of a series of thin strips or lamina@ arranged side by side and in contact with each other, and' each having` a tapered or lpointed portion forming a tooth of thecomb. 'Each'side of each lstr ip is proyided with afcontact'surface coi'iforming` to "the adjacent Contact surface' of Vthe succeedving strip', and with slightly taperingsur-yv face continuing from the contact surface and forming a -side 'of one of the teeth of the comb. In a comb so constructed the spaces between the teeth taper off to a point so that strands of the `hair through which the comb is passed are drawnup `into the point land closely engaged .by adj acent teeth.

l In order to secure a thorough cleansing of 'Contact surfacesy together. n comb is passed through lthe hair, -strands of the hair. I have found it most desirable to mount the strips so that the teeth` and the y:contact surfacesof the strips, or,` at least the lpor-tion of these surfaces `nearest the teeth,

are free to spread apart, and to vprovide resilient-means adapted normallv to hold ythe When such a hair are drawn between adjacent contact surfaces of fthe strips, slightly separating them .against the force of the resilient means.

.This results in drawing the strands of hair ibet'ween spring-pressed surfaces and effectively removing all foreign matter from them.

, lV'hile :the lnew combiniay be `used for v.cleansing hair .of Sanys'ort'and removing for- ;1ticiilarly:adapted 'forreinoving lice yand their eigfnlmatterfofrany sort therefrom, it is par- Speoication of Letters Patent.

Patented aligns, inea.' ,serial Ng. A451,932. i l' eggs from human hair or the'hair of animals. v The utility Vof 'the invention is, however,

'by no mea-ns limited to the use of the comb for cleansing Ythe hair. The new comb may be worn in the `hairand for thispurposeit possesses advantagesover the combs heretofore used in that Yit takes a firm grip iipon the hair so that it cannot be accidentally displaced, n

In order Vthat the invention inay'clearly be understood, will describe in detail the specific embodiment of it which is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

' Fig. l is a side view o f av-comb embodying'.

' the 4invention -Fig. "2 is anfend view of the comb; and

.HF-ig.' 3 is a fragmentary sectionalViewA taken on the. line SuSe/f fFig. 2 'and showing for retaininglit in position. v 4 ,A

lhe comb vshown in "the drawingscom-- 'prises a series of'toothLfor'ming strips 10fand a similar series of shorter `'tooth-fc'irming strips 1l alternating with the `stripsy l0. i, The frontendV 12A Aof each .stripis tapered t0 ,form

one ofthe springs and the adjustable inear'is 'a [tooth ofthe comb. The tapered'surfaces I3 of the teeth form'a continuation '-.ffthe contact surfaces 14 ofthe strips. ,At-,each

end of the comb isla .stripfl' offthe same length as the strips 10, 'but .thigkgr than the 'other strips,

While the particular form theA means foraligning the teeth and resiliently fpressying togetherftheir contact surfaces` may be l, varied to suit-particular conditionslwithout departing from the invention, the form of such means shown'int'he ,drawing hasbeen found 'satisfactory practice. Three flex- -hindgthe yrear ends of the shorter stripsnll so thatitfp'asses only 'through the strips kl() v and the end strips 15. The rods Ql'and 22L pass through all the strips. Each rod is lthe outer sides ofthe end strips l5. A com- 'ible 'rods 20,221,22 are passed through. aligned holes in the strips. The rod 2O 4is placed near the rearjedgeoffthe combbeioo ythreadedat 'both ends .for the application of l nuts 23 which ymay be placed in recesses in pression spring 241C 'is placed aboutfeach 'e`1id f of each of the rods and 'bears atgone endv against one ofthe nuts 28 and at the lother against one of the edge strips l5. M :It is `apparent that byl turnin'gthe nuts 2 3 the 'tenf sion "of the springs 524 Vmaybe regulated. e,

swingt-0' -the'i-iexieiiify of the rods 20, f2.1,Y

22 and the space provided between the rear portions of the strips 10 by the shortness of the strips 11, the teeth 12 and the portions of the contact surfaces of the strips nearest to the teeth 12 may be spread apart. The tension of the springs TA is, however, so regulated that the contact surfaces 14 of adjacent teeth are normally pressed together.

ln using the new comb for cleansing the hair, it is passed through the hair in the same way as in combing the hair with an ordinary comb. This results in drawing the strands of hair between the springpressed contact surfaces 14i and thus removing all foreign matter from them.

When the new comb is worn in the hair is is placed in the hair with suliicient firmness to draw some strands of the hair be tween the spring-pressed contact surfaces 111 and the grip of these surfaces upon the hair retains the comb in proper position in the hair.

An advantage of the type of aligning means shown in the drawing is that it facilitates cleaning the comb. In order to do this it is merely necessary to remove the rod 21 or the rod 22 after unscrewing one of the nuts 23. The shorter strips 11 may then be turned out of alignment with the strips 10 so that all parts of the strips are accessible and the comb may be thoroughly cleansed.

Furthermore, if one of the teeth is broken, the strip having the broken tooth may be removed from the comb by taking out the three rods, and the remaining strips placed together without it. The slight shortening of the comb t-hus caused does'not seriously interfere with its utility.

If desired, therear ends 16 of the longer strips 10 may be pointed or tapered so that the rear side of the comb may be used as an ordinary coarse comb. This adds to the advantages of the comb described as it is usually desirable to combthe hair with a coarse comb before cleansing it in a manner hereinbefore described.

It should be understood, however, that the utility of the new comb is not limited to the particular uses described, and that they form of the comb shown in the drawing and the particular means for aligning and retaining the strips shown in the embodi-I ment illustrated may be varied without de `parting from the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

LA. comb, comprising a series of separate strips arranged side by side in conn tact with each other and each having a .tapering end forming a tooth of the comb,

the tapering surfaces of the sides of the teeth merging into the contacting surfaces of the sides of the strip so as to form between the teeth vrecesses each taperingv inwardly toa point, and retaining means for the strips located behind the inner ends of said recesses to permit strands of hair to be drawn into the points of said recesses.

2. ./-l comb formed to provide a series of teeth and an open unobstructed inwardly tapering recess between each pair of adjacent teeth, the inner portions of the opposite surfaces of adjacent teeth having the form of convex curves tangential to each other at the inner end ofthe recess between the teeth. p y

3. comb, comprising series of strips, each havinga tapered end v.forming a tooth of the comb, each side of each strip providing a vContact surface conforming to the adjacent contact surface of the succeeding strip ane a tapering surface being a continuation of the contact surface so as to form between the teeth recesses each tapering inwardly to a point, retaining means located behind the' e. A comb, comprising a series ofsepa-vv rate strips, each having a tapering end forming a tooth of the comb, flexible means adapted to lhold said strips in alignment, and resilient means for pressing'said strips together. i n 5. A.. comb, comprising a series of separate strips'` each having a tapering` end forming a tooth of the` comb, said strips being provided with a series of aligned holes, a plurality of iexible rods extending through said holes, and yieldable means at the ends of said rods for holding vsaid strips together. 6, A. comb, comprising a series of strips, each having a tapering end forming a tooth ofthe comb, a plurality of rods extending through said strips and holding them in alignment, and resilient means upon the one of said rods nearest the tapering ends of said strips adapted t0 press said strips together.

1 7. A comb, comprising a seriesfof separate strips, each having a tapering end forming a tooth of the comb, and alternate strips having a portion of their rear ends cut away, a plurality of rods extending through said strips and holding them in'alignment,

Ving means engaging all the strips,.one of' said last-mentioned aligning means being l and springs upon the one of said rods nearremovable tol permit the shorter strips to t be turned out of alignment with the longer strips to facilitate cleaning the comb.

9A'L comb, comprising a series of separate strips, each having a tapering end forming a tooth of the comb, a second series of strips placed alternately with said firstmentioned strips and shorter in length than said lirst-mentioned strips, a rod extending through the rear portions of the longer ones of said strips, two rods extending through all said strips and serving to hold themin alignment, and retaining means upon each end of each of said rods to hold said strips together, the retaining means upon onev end of one of the rods passing through all the strips being removable to permit removal of this rod so that the shorter strips may be turned out of alignment with the longer *y strips to facilitate cleaning the comb.

length than said. first-mentioned strips,

means for retaining saidfstrips with ltheir ir'ont ends yin alignmen'aand resilientmeans' -for pressing said'fstrips into `Contact withv each other, thel front ends of all said strips being tapered to form closely spaced teeth andthe projecting rear ends of the longer of said strips being taperedto form separate teeth. Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto-set. i

my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l JULIUS BIDERMAN. Witnesses: f

LILLIAN R. Fox, lVIAIsna MAURUs. 

